26 LILIES 



and on tlie whole is more reliable outdoors than 

 Kramer's lily. It is one of the earliest of lilies, 

 May and June. Kramer's lily follows in July 

 and August. 



While Henry's lily (L. Menryi) is called a 

 hardy and vigorous border subject, it is difficult 

 when it has to contend with extremely cold 

 weather conditions. Still it well deserves its 

 place among the preferred lilies for American 

 gardens and the hope is that in them it will 

 eventually attain to the superb luxuriance of 

 bloom and foliage that it displays in England. 

 There, where it rarely fails, it has been known 

 to run up to twelve feet in height and to bear 

 as many as thirty of its deep salmon orange 

 blossoms on a stalk. It used to be called the 

 yellow speciosum, as it is quite like L. speciosum 

 in both form and habit. The blooming season 

 is the same — July and August. 



Several of the American lilies are either 

 rather tender or capricious, or both. These 

 include, unfortunately, three of the finest of the 

 lot, the Washington lily (L. W ashing tonianum), 

 Humboldt's lily (L. Mumboldtii) and Parry's 

 lily (L. Parryi). The Washington lily, which 

 flowers in June, is regarded as one of the best 

 of western lilies for eastern gardens ; but it is 



